Questions and Answers, 11th May 2009
Answer Me!
- I need photos of the panel on the telly, and quick about it, people.
- Mary Harney, Alan Shatter FG, Kathy Sheridan - Irish Times. Dick Spicer, Humanist Association and an entreprenaur whose name escapes me.
- Final panellist is Padraic White, used to be head of the IDA
- Ty Christine... I was rivetted by the cardigan....
- Is that Dick Spicer I used to know in BICO in 1970s?
- In relation to blasphemy has Minister Dermot Ahern chosen the best option - Question 1
- Ok, first question is on blasphemy. Should be interesting.
- So elts have a referendum on blasphemy!
- Nothing this government does these days is credible to me
- Long time since I've seen Dick Spicer. He's been doing this for years.
- Padraig White is husband of Sen. Mary White. The great Q & A tradition of having one
out" and one "closet" FFer on every panel continues - In the middle of some quality rambling, a good point by Dick Spicer: the government hasn't rushed to legislate on the X case, so why the sudden race to legislate for blasphemy?
- 'My understanding' says White - aka his briefing from department....
- What's the fuss about blasphamy? No court, no jury, would convict anyone of blasphamy, surely
- I hate that wide-eyed faux-naiveté attitude from Padraic White: "The Minister is just doing his job! Why are people rushing to attack him?"
- Irish times woman agrees with Dick Spicer
- Should I have registered to blog?
- No Omaniblog you're grand i think - you used facebook to log on?
- FG Shatter mocking Mary Harney, effectively.
- blasphemy law being debated on Q&A - 500k unemployed and this is what we're discussing.by lauramcgonigle via twitter 5/11/2009 9:42:46 PM
- Even if no prosecution was ever taken, having a blasphemy offence on the books would one day come back to bite us by providing an excuse for harassment under cover of law.
- Questions and answers - RTE- Blasphemy law.by Duffs1 via twitter 5/11/2009 9:42:50 PM
- Shatter should know the legal background, isn't he a lawyer? He's right to say this is an effort to distract us from more serious stuff.
- Why can't we have a referendum on blasphemy? It could be tied in with Lisbon 2 to make it as easy as possible. #qa9by AdamMaguire via twitter 5/11/2009 9:43:50 PM
- Another Irish legal maze
- Good point from Alan Shatter about the actual meaning of the amendment. How do you measure outrage? When is enough outrage sufficient? How many people need to be outraged for the law to be broken?
- Defamation Bill is the reason according to Harney. Disgraceful talking over each other
- @AdamMaguire if it's not in the constitution or tied to it, why would we? #qa9by mneylon via twitter 5/11/2009 9:45:22 PM
- "We ran an honest attempt..." Harney says. Really?
- Harney is towing a government line. You can see it in her body language. No passion for the issue
- I could be mistaken, but this sounds like that rare thing; a valid, articulate point being made by an audience member.
- Evangelical Christian who asked question thinks that it should be scrapped!
- something weird about debating having a blasphemy law at all
- The man who asked the question is an "evangelical" christian
- What Would Jesus Do?
- Epic comment!
- Why now? asks a woman
- Followed by Audience member making stupid remark - restoring the lack of faith in audience.
- And then again - an audience member raises the issues of clerical abuse and how disclosures may be affected.
- Alan Shatter: If we'd had this rule ten years ago when allegations were being made of sexual abuse by clergy, if the people had gone on the streets to protest then they could have been prosecuted under this law
- Mary Harney - Satan, or just an asshole? #qa9by politicalthicko via twitter 5/11/2009 9:49:25 PM
- @mneylon The online version is handy due to its searchability; I assume it's Article 40.6.1i they're referring to; bit.ly #qa9by AdamMaguire via twitter 5/11/2009 9:49:30 PM
- Shouldn't let Ahern away with the "Constitution made me do it" line. He is an orthodox Catholic with prior form when it comes to legislating dogma
- @mneylon Apparently the constitution requires a blasphemy law & Ahern has decided it's too much hassle to seek to remove it. #qa9by AdamMaguire via twitter 5/11/2009 9:49:40 PM
- @AdamMaguire at times like this I wish I had a copy of the constitution in the house :( #qa9by mneylon via twitter 5/11/2009 9:49:42 PM
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